On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 12:00:33PM -0800, Mark Biggar wrote: > In my opinion, default values for arrays should only come into play > for array elements that have NEVER been assigned to or that have > been explicity undef'ed. If an assigment is made to an array element > then the array element should end up the assigned value (modulo > necessary type conversions) and the array's default value should > not play any part in the assignment. After an explisit assignment > of an array element the only way that the array's default value > should magically reappear is if an undef of the element is done.
Exactly! > Any other way to handle things, like some of the other ways > proposed will only lead to mysterious bugs and programmer > missunderstandings. Exactly! * 2 -Scott -- Jonathan Scott Duff [EMAIL PROTECTED]